worry about a shot i took

Feb 23, 2014

i went to my local health department in nyc for my immunization history. when i went in there
they ask me for my name and birthdate to check. i wrote it down on a piece of paper and the male nurse went and check while i wait in the waiting room. when he came back he told me i need one more dose of the hep b vac . so i went to his office with him when i got there i saw the shot was already ready then he ask me if i wanted the tdap shot i said yes. i saw him took out a sterilized syringe(individual package) then the tdap. My question is that should i be worried about the hep b shot i took since i didnt see him taking out a sterilized syringe like i saw he did for the tdap shot. i saw that he had a box full of brand new syringe right on his desk . i know i might sound paranoid but i thought he would have gotten the shot ready in front of me like he did for the tdap shot. should i be worried about getting hiv this way?

he also had box on the floor to disposed used syringe that he had used. i ask the nurse for a immunization history and ii shows me the two shot i took and the name of the nurse that administer it.

I got hiv rapid tested on 43 days after the shot for hiv test came out negative
shoould i get tested again at 90 days?

thanks
for the help

Response from Ms. Southall

Hi
The only thing to warranted worrying about the vaccination is if there were a lot of blood on the syringe prior to being injected into you. Enough blood that you would notice and so would the person giving you the injection.

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